class IRoot
{

	unsigned int _uiRefCount ;

   public :

	IRoot() : _uiRefCount(1) { }
	virtual ~IRoot() { }

	virtual unsigned int AddRefCount() { return ++_uiRefCount ; }

        virtual unsigned int Dispose() 
	{

	   unsigned int TempRefCount = --_u32RefCount ;

           if( TempRefCount == 0 )
	      delete this ;

	   return TempRefCount ;
	}
} ;

class MyTextureResource : public IRoot
{

     texture_info _info ;

   public :
 
     ~MyTextureResource()
     {
       // free internal resources
     }

     bool LoadFromFile( std::string file_name )
     {
       // populate '_info' with data from texture file
     }

     void Render() 
     {
        // renders texture
     }

} ;

int main( int argc, char** argv )
{

   MyTextureResource* res = new MyTextureResource() ;
   
   if( !res->LoadFromFile( "example.bmp" ) )
      cout << "Cannot load 'example.bmp'\n" ;

   res->Render() ;
   
   res->Dispose() ; // I'm done with it.

   cin.get() ;
   return 0 ; 
}